Volume 7 I've Been Here Chapter 1028 Double-edged White Gloves
As soon as Scarlett appeared, the crowd on the lawn immediately started to stir, and everyone focused their eyes on her. Scarlett remained unmoved and walked straight towards Nan Ruoyin.
At the same time, Nan Ruoyin also walked towards her.
"Aunt."
Scarlett stretched out her arms, hugged Nan Ruoyin, and whispered in her ear: "Rachel, good job."
“I can do better.”
"I'm looking forward to it." Scarlett patted Nan Ruoyin's back and immediately released her hands. "Go ahead and do your work. Call me when you need me."
"OK."
Nan Ruoyin responded and continued walking towards the others with the wine glass in hand.
Scarlett took a glass of wine from the tray held by a passing waiter, walked to the corner, waved back, and a pair of wireless headphones were handed to her. She put the headphones on her ears, reached out to take the phone and called Nan Yi.
"Adam, are you asleep?"
"No, you are at Joven's place?"
"uh-huh."
"This girl did something new. She held a cocktail party in the morning."
"It's nothing new. I've been to drinks parties that were held during breakfast."
"Okay, why are you calling?"
"No reason, I just want to tell you that you missed another very important moment."
"The little girl won't blame me. Now she has just stepped onto a small step and doesn't need me to cheer for her. One day when she is at a higher level, she will need my affirmation. Tell her that I am proud of her."
"Adam, don't make excuses for yourself. I believe Rachel would be very happy if you were here today."
"Okay, help me send blessings and encouragement to the little girl, Scarlett. I raised Ruoyin since she was a child. We have spiritual communication and trust each other. You should get along well with her."
"I know, hang up, Rachel was about to speak."
Scarlett hung up the phone, followed the sound of Nan Ruoyin knocking on the cup, and moved closer to Nan Ruoyin with the crowd.
When everyone had gathered around her, staring at her and waiting for her to speak, Nan Ruoyin put down the spoon in her hand, smiled at everyone present, and then said in a London accent: "When I was a four-year-old girl, my father let me get involved in business. I sold breakfast at the entrance of a university student restaurant. I was responsible for attracting customers, using my current London accent to attract customers, and we sold New York breakfast."
Nan Ruoyin's humorous words caused everyone to laugh.
Nan Ruoyin paused, switched to a New York accent and continued, "So, my father and I set up a stall to sell breakfast in a country where English is not the native language, and I used the London accent to attract New York breakfast business.
Many years later I found out that the university did not allow street vendors, and setting up a stall in front of the entrance of the student cafeteria was a very risky move. But my father did it anyway, and he was never harassed, so our breakfast business was very good.
If we continue, maybe in a few years, our New York breakfast will be IPOed, and its market value will exceed Wonderfood, McDonald's, and KFC."
There was another burst of laughter, this time it was not a chuckle, it was almost loud enough to make the whole room roar.
“It was not until many years later that I found out that my father was already a very successful businessman. He set up a stall to sell breakfast not to make money, but to help someone and to expose me to business.
Perhaps because of his influence, I started running businesses very early, including real estate, finance, agriculture and mining. Don’t look at my young age, I have actually been a business manager for thirteen years.
Last year, I met several very good partners and founded Mingyuan Capital to enter the investment industry. My partners and I are very young, and Mingyuan Capital is also young. Young people are braver than old people, so we do not lack the courage to invest, and good projects will not slip away from our hands.
However, the reason why young people have courage is because we know too little, and the elderly are often wiser than the young, so Mingyuan Capital invited several older economists to serve as investment consultants and invited Ms. Scarlett Taylor to serve as honorary CEO. "
Amid the applause of the crowd and under Nan Ruoyin's gaze, Scarlett came to Nan Ruoyin and the two hugged each other. Scarlett then took the microphone from Nan Ruoyin and faced everyone with a smile.
"A few days ago, Rachel found me and invited me to be the honorary CEO of Mingyuan Capital. I disagreed at first, but later, she offered me a very high salary, and I was tempted, so I came. Everyone, please remember that I am only the honorary CEO and I am not responsible for your investment."
No one present took Scarlett's words seriously. They knew clearly that if Scarlett had no connection with Celebrity Capital, how could she come here to be an honorary CEO? Although this title does not require her to bear the economic and legal responsibilities caused by Celebrity Capital's improper operations, it will damage her reputation.
For Scarlett, reputation is very important. If anything happens to Mingyuan Capital, Scarlett Fund will be implicated. In order to prevent her reputation from being damaged, she will support Mingyuan Capital and investors' funds will be secure.
Scarlett did not steal the show. After she finished speaking, she handed the microphone to Nan Ruoyin and immediately stepped aside. She came here today just to show support, and it was OK as long as people were there.
On Nan Yi's side, after waking up, he took the first flight to Xiangkeng.
At noon, Long Huiqing invited Zheng Yuqing to have lunch together. When they were halfway through the meal, Long Huiqing suddenly asked, "Yuqing, have you heard of the word 'White Glove'?"
Zheng Yuqing put down his chopsticks, picked up a napkin and wiped his lips, put down the napkin, and chuckled, "Aqing, are we going to get to the point?"
Long Huiqing also put down her chopsticks, stared at Zheng Yuqing's face, and opened her lips slightly, "Be more direct?"
"Yes."
Zheng Yuqing's eyes met Long Huiqing's, and he was not at a disadvantage.
"Okay." Long Huiqing nodded, picked up the water cup and took a sip, "Someone once told me that the word 'White Glove' is an adjective, borrowing the white gloves worn by service staff in auction houses, hotels, high-end restaurants, etc., to represent meticulous and thoughtful service with first-class quality.
When this word was introduced to Taiwan, it was literally translated as "white gloves". At first, the semantic connotation was positive, but when it changed from an adjective to a noun, its meaning shifted to refer to middlemen and intermediary agencies that provide meticulous, thoughtful and first-class services.
During use, combined with the understanding of the protective and concealing functions of gloves in life, two other white gloves were derived, one with neutral semantics and the other with derogatory meanings.
You know my name and that I am from Xiangkeng. I guess you must have asked someone in Xiangkeng to find out about me and got my information?"
Zheng Yuqing did not deny it and said directly: "Yes, I asked someone to find out about you. I know that you used to be the madam of the Oriental Nightclub, the famous Sister Long."
"Haha, Yuqing, the person you asked must not be a decent person, otherwise it would not be so easy to find out about me." Long Huiqing smiled and said, "You asked right, I was indeed a madam before. When I was young and ignorant, I met a gangster. This guy owed a loan shark and used me to pay off his debts. I was lucky. When I was about to have a tryout, I was caught and forced to work as a madam in a nightclub. Maybe I was born to do this job. I quickly got the hang of it and did it very well. I have been doing this for more than ten years.
Because I can make money, I am treated differently wherever I go. Over the years, no man has forced me to go to bed. Until one day, I met an enemy. I was willing to spend the night with him, thinking that it would be nice to be his lover and have a man to rely on.
But I was wrong. He turned his back on me before I even put on my pants. He didn't fancy me, and he didn't need me to be his lover. He just needed me to make money for him."
"Are you his white glove?"
Long Huiqing chuckled and said, "Haha, why don't you guess that he is a son-in-law?"
"If he was a son-in-law, you wouldn't waste your breath introducing him." Zheng Yuqing said as a matter of course.
"Yes, I am his white glove, a neutral-colored white glove, and a very well-treated white glove."
Zheng Yuqing nodded, "I see, you said he likes me, let me be his white glove."
"Yuqing, it's so easy to talk to you." Long Huiqing took out an envelope from her purse and pushed it in front of Zheng Yuqing. "Here's a flight to Xiangxun this afternoon. If you're interested, you can fly over and have a chat. Don't worry, he's not a man-eating tiger, he's just an honest businessman."
Zheng Yuqing stared at the envelope hesitantly for a moment, then picked up the envelope and was silent for a long time before opening it, taking out the plane ticket inside and taking a look at it.
7pm, Hong Kong Island, Shek O.
As soon as Zheng Yuqing got off the plane, she was picked up here. The person who picked her up arranged a seat for her and immediately went to work at the grill.
Zheng Yuqing could see that a BBQ was being held here, and there were a wide variety of ingredients, some of which she was familiar with but some of which she had never seen before. However, judging from the ingredients she was familiar with, the person who gave her a "show of force" was quite powerful. She also saw that the other party probably had no ill intentions, and her uneasy heart was slightly relieved.
At 7:13, two minutes before the agreed time of 7:15, three cars drove over in a line from a distance. After they stopped, a man got out of the middle car and walked straight towards Zheng Yuqing.
"Is it him?"
Zheng Yuqing was a little surprised, but then she felt that this was normal.
Nan Yi walked up to Zheng Yuqing, pulled a stool over and sat opposite her, chuckling, "Ms. Zheng, you must be complaining about me in your heart. We could have met in Shanghai, but I had to invite you to Hong Kong Island."
"No." Zheng Yuqing said against his will.
"Of course there is. Sorry, the reason I asked you to be here is just to adjust the atmosphere. I have seen many police and gangster movies, and there are scenes where undercover agents meet their superiors. If they meet on the rooftop, the undercover agent is doomed to die. If they meet in a tea restaurant, on a bus, or in an amusement park, they are also likely to die. Only if they meet at the beach, the probability of survival is the highest.
We are meeting secretly like this, and it also has that meaning, it is for good luck. " Nan Yi said, and suddenly changed his tone and said: "Actually, this reason was made up on the way here. The real reason is to visit my daughter. I haven't seen her for a few days and I miss her very much."
Puff!
Zheng Yuqing couldn't help laughing and quickly covered his mouth to hide it.
"If you want to laugh, just laugh. Don't hold it back. If we can come to an agreement, we need to open our hearts and be honest with each other when we work together. If we can't come to an agreement, there will be no relationship between you and me, and you don't need to care about what I think of you."
"Your jokes don't make me laugh." Zheng Yuqing straightened his face and said, "You said you wanted to be honest with me, but I still don't know your name."
"Haha, it seems that you didn't pay enough attention when investigating Hui Qing. If you dig deeper, you will find me." Nan Yi smiled faintly, stretched out his right hand and said, "Nan Yi, Nan means to move south with clothes and talents, Yi means to change one's ways and change one's ways."
Zheng Yuqing stretched out his right hand and shook hands with Nan Yi, "Mr. Nan, you are very strong-willed. You even took the opportunity to criticize me when introducing my name."
Nan Yi took his hand back and said, "Should I praise you for your cleverness, or should I reflect on the fact that my little tricks are not clever enough?"
"Mr. Nan, you already have the answer in your heart, so why bother asking me?" Zheng Yuqing felt a little unhappy with Nan Yi's consideration of her.
Nan Yi pretended to smile awkwardly, "Okay, I asked a stupid question. Next, I will be more sincere, and Ms. Zheng can also be more frank. Let's try to move the topic forward?"
"Okay, but I have some questions and I would like Mr. Nan to help me solve them."
Nan Yi made a gesture of invitation, "Ms. Zheng, please speak. I will answer the questions I can answer truthfully, and I will tell you directly if I don't want to answer them."
"Okay, why did Mr. Nan like me?"
"Be cruel enough to be cruel to others and yourself; be patient enough to endure for eight years to achieve your goal."
Zheng Yuqing's face changed, and he said in a timid tone, "I don't understand what Mr. Nan is talking about."
"I asked someone to investigate the cause of your late husband's death. There are many suspicious points, which give me enough reason to suspect that there is something fishy about his death." Seeing Zheng Yuqing's face becoming even uglier, Nan Yi made a change, "However, Ms. Zheng, you can rest assured. There are only doubts, and there is no evidence at all, let alone a chain of evidence. So, there are some things that you don't have to worry about whether you did them or not. We don't need to dwell on this issue. Ms. Zheng, you might as well continue to talk about your other questions."
Zheng Yuqing calmed himself down and his complexion returned to normal. After relieving his nervousness, he asked, "Since Mr. Nan thinks I am cruel and patient, why do you think you can defeat me?"
Nan Yi waved his hand. "No, no, no, Ms. Zheng, you must have misunderstood. The cooperation we want to discuss does not involve the question of who eats whom. Did Hui Qing tell Ms. Zheng about the story of the white gloves?"
Zheng Yuqing nodded.
"White gloves, I just chose its neutral color. Ms. Zheng, you are considered a wealthy person compared to ordinary people, but it is obvious that Ms. Zheng is not satisfied with this. Am I right?"
Zheng Yuqing nodded again.
"Ms. Zheng should know what is needed to move up again, right?"
Zheng Yuqing nodded again.
"I can provide you with everything you need, but once you accept my help, half of what you get will belong to me. After we establish a partnership, I will not ask you to do anything you don't want to do, let alone anything illegal.
If one day I need you to do something beyond the scope of our cooperation, I will discuss the distribution of benefits with you, and will not force you with our cooperative relationship or the super-friendship relationship that we may establish in the future. "
"Mr. Nan, listening to you say that, why do I feel like a benefactor from heaven?" Zheng Yuqing said in a slightly sarcastic tone: "Apart from half of the profits, you really don't want anything else?"
"What do you mean by other?"
"You mentioned a super-friendly relationship. Also, are you sure you won't interfere with what I do?"
Nan Yi chuckled, "Ms. Zheng, you think too highly of your appearance. I admit that you are good-looking, and I am a little attracted to you. It's not that I don't have the idea of having a relationship with you. But, frankly speaking, if you take your appearance apart and talk about it alone, it is worth at most three hundred yuan.
Let me put it this way, in terms of appearance and figure alone, a woman who possesses all the advantages in the world is worth at most three million in my eyes. I will spend three million to pursue her, and if the number exceeds this, I will give up.
If during the pursuit process, there is a competitor willing to pay me 3 million and one points to make me withdraw from the competition, I will agree without hesitation.
My analogy is not quite appropriate. Please don't misunderstand me for looking down on women. I just want you to understand that women's beauty is not that precious in my eyes. At the same time, it is very precious because there are too many men willing to pay for it. Beauty can create huge economic value. "
"You like beautiful women, but you are not willing to pay too much to get them. Can I understand that?"
"You can understand it this way. I have some feelings for you, but I will not make concessions in order to gain your interests. In order to protect my interests, I will not force you. We will only have a relationship under the premise of mutual consent and without any mixed interests.
Conversely, it is useless for you to offer yourself. Whether the pants are on me or not, I will not agree to your excessive demands. Even if I am confused by your love potion and agree at the time, I will not admit it later. "
Zheng Yuqing nodded, "I understand, but there is one thing you didn't answer for me."
Nan Yi waved his hand and called the top performer to him. He took two strings of bamboo shoots from her and gestured to Zheng Yuqing, "Do you want some?"
Zheng Yuqing frowned and waved his hand in disdain.
Nan Yi saw this, took back the skewer, separated one and put it into his mouth, chewing it with relish, "Don't be fooled by the disgusting look of this thing, it actually parasitizes on bamboo and bamboo shoots, and feeds on the juice of bamboo shoots. It is high in protein and low in fat. Eating one is equivalent to eating the essence of many bamboo shoots. It is a little sweet, has a bit of milk flavor, and is crispy.
You are embarrassed to eat it here, you can find it and try it yourself when you go back. You women are just hypocritical. You think it is disgusting to eat it, but you dare to put the disgusting things on your face for the sake of beauty. Do you know white lilac?"
"I don't know." Zheng Yuqing said unhappily.
"White lilac has the effects of beautifying and nourishing the skin, removing freckles, blackheads, and pregnancy spots. It also has a strong ability to remove dirt. Apply white lilac on your face and wash it with clean water after a few minutes, and your face will become white and tender."
Nan Yi took another bite of the skewer and said, "Do you know what white lilac is? It is the dried sparrow droppings. Similar things include the droppings of male eagles and pigeons, also known as eagle white and pigeon white. I plan to have people conduct in-depth research on their effects and use them as raw materials to create a cosmetics brand. Let's call the brand Yuqing."
"Mr. Nan, are you trying to disgust me on purpose?" Zheng Yuqing said angrily.
Nan Yi glanced at Zheng Yuqing and said calmly, "The mainstream cosmetics on the market now are all chemical synthetic products, which are harmful to the skin. If we can develop biological cosmetics that are harmless or less harmful to the skin, the price can be set at more than a thousand yuan, and we can focus on the high-income consumer market. It is easy to make billions of dollars in revenue a year."
“Why not lower the price a little to capture the middle-income consumer market as well?”
Zheng Yuqing is also a person who "loves money like his life". When it comes to the serious matter of making money, he doesn't care whether it is disgusting or not.
"Don't be too greedy. Eating alone will bring retribution. Be careful that someone throws grenades into your house."
Zheng Yuqing didn't take Nan Yi's words seriously, but instead asked, "Can the biological cosmetics you mentioned really be developed?"
Nan Yi nodded, "There is hope. Research can be done slowly. If you are interested in entering the cosmetics field, the three words Yang Yuhuan will make you gain three times more weight."
"Three words are not enough, say a few more." Zheng Yuqing said impatiently.
Nan Yi chuckled, "There is a saying that Yang Yuhuan, the Concubine Yang, had body odor. It's hard to say whether this is true or not. Logically speaking, the process of selecting concubines in ancient times was very strict, and it would be unlikely for someone with body odor to be selected into the palace. However, the dietary structure of the Tang Dynasty is somewhat similar to that of the Middle East, and people like to eat mutton. Before she became a concubine, the Yang family was not bad, and they could still afford to eat some mutton.
It is normal to have a bit of body odor after eating too much mutton. Perhaps for the people of the Tang Dynasty, body odor was the king of all odors and the best of all. It was a gift from God for a beauty to have body odor, which was rare in a thousand years. Yang Yuhuan was able to become a concubine because she had body odor, and it was extremely smelly. "
Zheng Yuqing spat, "Nonsense."
"Whether it's nonsense about body odor is not important, what's important is that Yang Guifei has four beauty secrets." Nan Yi clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's put aside the nonsense for now and answer your previous question. I can tell you very clearly that I don't even want to know what you are doing, let alone interfere with your work.
As long as you don't cheat me of my money and as long as you don't take the initiative to ask for a meeting, I think it is possible that we will never meet again.
Regarding white gloves, it is not as complicated as you think. I am optimistic about your ability and am willing to invest and help you, and you give me the return I deserve, that's all. If there is an additional condition, there is one, that is, I don't exist. "
Zheng Yuqing understood Nan Yi's meaning immediately, "You don't want people to know that you invested in me?"
"Yes."
"Aren't you worried that I will deny my mistake one day?" Zheng Yuqing asked meaningfully.
"Haha." Nan Yi smiled softly and turned to look at the sea. "I served as a militiaman when I was in the countryside. Once, I was training to throw a 65-type heavy wooden-handled grenade. I don't know why, but that day I had endless energy. I used too much force and threw the grenade out of the training ground and into a kitchen window.
Well, the grenade bounced on the stove and rolled into the pot where pig food was stewing. Fortunately, it didn't explode, otherwise it would be a big trouble. The person who was lighting the fire was an eleven-year-old girl. If she was blown up, how could I compensate her?
I will never forget that day, July 16, 1977.”
Zheng Yuqing shuddered and glanced at the back of Nan Yi's head guiltily. She was born in 1966, and her birthday was July 16th.
About a minute later, Nan Yi turned back and said, "A real estate project is about to start running, and I'm short of a project manager, so I can only give you one night to think about it. Tomorrow morning at 7:30 at Lu Yu Tea House, if you don't come, I will assume that you didn't agree, and you can pretend that we've never met."
Zheng Yuqing pursed her lips and asked, "How much profit can the real estate project make?"
Nan Yi smiled and said, "You have a guaranteed minimum of 30 million. If you don't make enough, I'll make it up to you."
Zheng Yuqing smiled sweetly, "I'll be your white glove."
“It’s been a pleasure working with you.”
"It's a pleasure to work with you. Do we need to sign a contract?"
"No, you have nothing to do with me. Someone else will sign the contract with you. You don't have to look for me if you have any problems in the future. Someone else will help you." Nan Yi patted the back of Zheng Yuqing's right hand, "I won't think about your share, and you don't have to think about mine. This sentence is not auspicious, I will only say it once.
Well, have something to eat, these are all rare and delicious ingredients, you are in for a treat. "
"I don't want to eat anything disgusting." Zheng Yuqing said coquettishly.
"If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. I don't have enough to eat."
Then, while the two of them were eating, Nan Yi introduced the land of the Boji Welfare Factory. After introducing the land, he continued to talk about other things, "This project needs help to move forward. I have already found someone who can help, and the profit distribution has also been discussed. We will share 30% of the profits.
The person who helped doesn't want to show up, so you shouldn't ask who he is. In addition, register a Boji Real Estate Company in your name, and then recruit a person named Chen Yujun to work in the company. You will naturally know his identity when you come into contact with him.
You need to arrange a suitable position for him, a white-collar salary without any work. You can decide the title, consultant, manager, anything is fine. He should be given a Bluebird, a basic salary of 600 yuan per month, and an average monthly bonus of 60,000 yuan. There must be a reasonable reason to give it to him. "
"What is the role of this Chen Yujun?" Zheng Yuqing asked.
"In Journey to the West, what was the purpose of Monkey King's golden cudgel in the sea?"
"The Dinghai Magic Needle."
"Chen Yujun is the pillar of Boji Real Estate. If you can't handle something, go to him."
Zheng Yuqing's eyes lit up, "I understand."
Nan Yi chuckled, but the alarm bells in his heart started ringing without any warning.
The two talked for a while, and then Nan Yi asked Tianxian to send Zheng Yuqing back to her home in Xiangkeng.
After Zheng Yuqing got off the car at the door of his house, he said goodbye to Tianxian and watched Tianxian drive away. He turned back and looked at his small villa with cold eyes, then walked quickly to the road, hailed a taxi and got in...
Zheng Yuqing didn't know that there was a pair of eyes secretly watching her. When she got off the taxi and walked into the door of a hotel, the owner of the eyes took out his phone and made a call.
A few minutes later, the tiger cub leaned close to Nan Yi's ear and said, "Nan Sheng, Zheng Yuqing doesn't live at home."
"What do you think?"
The tiger cub said firmly: "Her husband's death has something to do with her."
"Not necessarily. It's also possible that Zheng Yuqing had no feelings for her late husband at all. He was neither a lover nor a relative. Who wouldn't be afraid of ghosts?"
Nan Yi asked people to investigate the cause of death of Zheng Yuqing's husband, but they did not find any clues that could objectively suspect Zheng Yuqing. They could only have subjective suspicions about her, which was not enough to give her a new label or two.
As for Zheng Yuqing, Nan Yi could only use him and wait and see. Chen Yujun was recommended by Chen Dan, but he had no blood relationship with her. The "Cen" in Chen Yujun was another Chen, who was relying on his elder brother's influence.
Boji's project needs such a person to proceed smoothly. At the same time, Nan Yi also wants to take this opportunity to see how Zheng Yuqing treats Chen Yujun. Her attitude towards Chen Yujun will affect Nan Yi's view of Zheng Yuqing.
It can be said that in order to test Zheng Yuqing's quality, Nan Yi took advantage of the situation and brought Zheng Yuqing into the Boji project, allowing her to get a share for free.
After thinking for a while, Nan Yi took out his phone and called Zheng Yuqing, telling her that the appointment tomorrow morning had not been cancelled and asking her to attend as scheduled.
After hanging up the phone, Zheng Yuqing put the phone aside, shrank his body, with his knees exposed outside the foam of the bathtub, and continued his interrupted thoughts, continuing to think about Nan Yi.
